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Minerva knows she's not alone in having red wine because it's "good
for the heart," so she was sad to read……………red wine and beer both pushed
up systolic blood pressure……
PSALM104:15 And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, making the
face brighter than oil,
and bread that stayeth man's heart.
Maybe I can comfort Minerva by stating that our tradition/ rabbis
would not have prescribed
drinking wine as part of the so called Kiddush ["sanctifying" the Shabbat
and Festivals] if this would have been a damaging issue.
Wine is used together with a meal and not alone as such.
This maybe the whole difference and this is sorely lacking in the article
[ if I read the article well enough ]
We will continue saying a blessing over wine and enjoy it, if not contra-
indicated in special health conditions, and certainly not abolish a well
established tradition because a single "non-specific" article.
So Minerva may do to her health!!
And wine that maketh glad the heart of man.....
Minerva knows she's not alone in having red wine because it's "good
for the heart," so she was sad to read……………red wine and beer both pushed
up systolic blood pressure……
PSALM104:15 And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, making the
face brighter than oil,
and bread that stayeth man's heart.
Maybe I can comfort Minerva by stating that our tradition/ rabbis
would not have prescribed
drinking wine as part of the so called Kiddush ["sanctifying" the Shabbat
and Festivals] if this would have been a damaging issue.
Wine is used together with a meal and not alone as such.
This maybe the whole difference and this is sorely lacking in the article
[ if I read the article well enough ]
We will continue saying a blessing over wine and enjoy it, if not contra-
indicated in special health conditions, and certainly not abolish a well
established tradition because a single "non-specific" article.
So Minerva may do to her health!!
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